John Crossland & Sons / Crossland Brothers
This spring knife enterprise, which operated concurrently with another John Crossland, can be traced to the early nineteenth century. John Crossland (c.1799-1848) was a cutler and warehouseman. His name appeared in the Sheffield directory (1833) at 45 Broad Street, Park. By the 1840s, he lived at Henry Street, Park. He and his wife, Millicent (c.1797-1882), had several children: Mary Ann (born 1821), Elizabeth (1824), William (1826), Sarah (1828), John (1831), Edward Ford (1834), and Walter (1836).&nb....
